Monday, 10 May 2021
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Four hurt in Dunedin stabbing attack
Witnesses at the scene of a multiple stabbing at a Countdown supermarket in Dunedin say there was "chaos" as the attack unfolded.
Three people have been taken to Dunedin Hospital in a critical condition
and one in a moderate condition after the 2.35pm incident.
A man, who had blood on him, has been arrested and was walked to the Dunedin Central Police Station, next door to the supermarket.
A couple, who asked not to be named, were shopping in the aisle next to the pharmacy department, where the incident took place.
"We just heard a scream and thought someone must've fallen, but it got louder and louder and more people were screaming," the woman said.
"I saw one red hand among the people; a bloody hand, and everybody started running towards the exits."
The man said brave members of the public had pinned down the stabber but they believed he had been able to wrestle his way free before police arrived.
One woman who was shopping a couple of aisles over, said she was also alerted to the incident by the high-pitched yelling.
"I heard screaming and I thought it was just teenagers, but then I heard someone yell 'he's got a knife'."
Another woman who was entering the supermarket at the time said she was confronted by two hysterical girls.
Another bystander grabbed them, thinking they were shoplifters but they were followed by a stampede of shoppers.
"It was chaos," she said. "Unbelievable."
Staff members were congregated outside the supermarket, some visibly shaking.
Police and multiple ambulances descended on the Cumberland St Countdown after the multiple-stabbing.
